The level crossings at Bell, Munro and Reynard Street in Coburg, and Moreland Road in Brunswick are being removed by raising the rail line over the road with a 68-span twin viaduct bridge with a total length of 1.8km twin utilising Pre-stressed and Post-tensioned U-Troughs. The rail-over-road design extends from Moreland to Coburg stations on the Upfield line and will deliver new community open spaces below the Viaducts and stations, improved east–west connections and improvements to the Upfield Bike Path with a dedicated bike path. The four-level crossings will be removed at the same time to minimise disruption to the community. Two new stations will be built at Coburg and Moreland, while retaining and repurposing the existing heritage-listed station buildings. Key aspects of the project is ensuring the construction of the Viaduct during a 90-day occupation within a constrained, congested public space and interchange with key components being built during live train running. Technical Advisor/ Structures Lead – Responsible for delivering the Additional Works Package 4 – Bell to Moreland Level Crossing.
Dex Arounsavat is seconded into KBR as technical advisor for this exciting project to lead and deliver the Structures Packages to IFC to help the program meet budget and program requirements, whilst ensuring providing value engineering.